Human Rights at Home

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A rich tapestry of shared norms exist regarding human rights, ranging from the right to life to the prohibition on torture. These norms flow from various international agreements and, in some instances, as a matter of custom in international law. We might also speak of them as ethical duties, rooted in a sense of common […]

Posted in Health and Human Rights, Human Rights ; Tagged: health and human rights, human rights.

07.16.18

The incivility of (too-) civil society in the tuberculosis response

By John Stephens | Leave a Comment

Anyone who knows the world of the global tuberculosis response knows, too, its refrain: “We must do for TB what we did for HIV!” It is less rallying cry than lament. Those of us who form part of “civil society” at the international level in the TB world attend the big TB conferences, but mostly […]

Posted in Global Health, TB, uncategorized ; Tagged: civil society, End TB, endTB, health and human rights, human rights, public health, TB, tuberculosis.

07.02.18

Schools need to prepare us for the world, not only the workforce

By Eric A. Friedman | Leave a Comment

Long ago, psychologists recognized that children are not simply mini-adults. Similarly, children are not simply future workers. They are current and future citizens of the world, citizens (or otherwise participants in) of our democracy, members of their individual communities. That – along with giving short thrift to critical functions of the Labor Department, such as protecting […]

Posted in Human Rights, uncategorized ; Tagged: civil education, Department of Education, Department of Labor, education, human rights, schools.

06.18.18

What happens today matters: a last chance to save the Political Declaration of the United Nations High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis

By John Stephens | Leave a Comment

Today, the United Nations General Assembly will, for better or worse, shape the next decade of the global response to the world’s deadliest infectious disease. Millions of people will feel the decisions made today. Millions of lives will be won or lost as member states barter and jockey over the content of the Political Declaration […]

Posted in Global Health, Human Rights, TB, uncategorized, WHO ; Tagged: high level meeting, human rights, political declaration on tuberculosis, tuberculosis, United Nations.

04.30.18

Who will lead the TB response?

By John Stephens | Leave a Comment

“We will have to put poor people from affected communities at the centre of our response. We will have to organise and mobilise. And then be willing to hold our governments to account.” ~ Anele Yawa, General Secretary of the Treatment Action Campaign A turning point for tuberculosis? This could be a big year […]

Posted in Global Health, Human Rights, TB, WHO ; Tagged: access to health care, global health, health and human rights, human rights, TB, tuberculosis, UN, WHO, World Health Organization.

04.11.18

Rethinking Obstetric Violence: Is Criminalization Really the Only Way Forward?

By Rebecca Reingold | Leave a Comment

This post was written by Isabel Barbosa and Rebecca Reingold in honor of the International Day for Maternal Health and Rights. Obstetric violence is disrespectful, abusive, and neglectful treatment by health providers during the provision of health care related to pregnancy, childbirth, and the post-partum period in both public and private settings. Experiences of obstetric violence include: physical abuse; humiliation […]

Posted in Human Rights ; Tagged: human rights, latin america, mater, pregnancy, violence, women's health, Women's rights.

03.21.18

Add your voice: global consultation on a comprehensive approach to health equity begins in April

By Eric A. Friedman | Leave a Comment

Your opportunity to influence what could be an important new tool to address health equity is fast approaching. Beginning on April 9, we will be launching a global consultation on a draft guide to a promising approach to addressing vast health inequities within countries, National Health Equity Strategies. We invite you to join us. The […]

Posted in Global Health, Human Rights, uncategorized ; Tagged: health equity, health inequities, human rights, marginalized populations, national health equity strategies.

03.05.18

Overcoming Barriers to Legal Abortion in Argentina

By Rebecca Reingold | Leave a Comment

This post was written by Camila Leone and Rebecca Reingold. On February 22, the President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, announced that the country’s legislature will debate a bill that would decriminalize abortion on broader grounds. Currently, abortion is only legal when the pregnancy poses a risk to women’s life or health and in case of […]

Posted in Human Rights ; Tagged: health and human rights, human rights, latin america, reproductive health, Reproductive Rights, sexual and reproductive rights, women, women's health.

01.30.18

Discrimination Against People Affected by Leprosy and the Groundbreaking Case of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy vs. Union of India & Others

By Drew Aiken | Leave a Comment

Many thanks to Yashaswini Mittal for her significant contributions to this article, and especially for her and her team’s work at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy fighting stigma and discrimination against people affected by leprosy in India, through their groundbreaking public interest litigation. image: NDTV.com Last Sunday was World Leprosy Day, an annual opportunity […]

Posted in Global Health, Human Rights ; Tagged: end stigma, health and human rights, human rights, worldleprosyday.

01.10.18

The Framework Convention on Global Health Alliance: Hope Springs Anew for the FCGH and Right to Health

By Eric A. Friedman | Leave a Comment

It is always spring for human rights. Old ideas embedded in fundamental values do not lose the boundless hope and energy of their birth. In a country that holds its first democratic election or peaceful transition of power, democracy is more than an idea and practice that has existed for centuries, but a new reality worthy […]

Posted in Global Health, Human Rights ; Tagged: fcgh, FCGH Alliance, Framework Convention on Global Health, human rights, NGO, right to health.

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